Abstract
Dried sewage sludge (SS), municipal waste compost (MW), wood chips (WC), at 224 and 336 t·ha -1 and white polyethylene (WP) were applied as mulches on raised beds. `Tivoli' squash was direct seeded. Squash yields were 13.4, 11.9, 7.7, and 5.1 t·ha -1 from WC, MW, WP, and SS treatments, respectively, with WC and MW having significantly higher yields than WP and SS. Fruit weight per plant was significantly higher in WP and WC plots. Pepper plants (cv. `32008') were transplanted into the same plots, 5 months after squash harvest. Pepper yields, 4.7, 4.2, 2.9, and 2.6 t·ha -1 on WP, MW, WC, and SS treatments, respectively, were not significantly different. Fruit weights per plant were significantly different and varied in the order WP>MW>WC=SS. No yield differences occurred between rates of organic mulches in either crop. Diseased plants in WP plots resulted in lower total yields than organic-mulched plots, but individual plants on polyethylene yielded higher than others.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Wood chips gave 13.4 t·ha -1 squash yield.
- Taxon
- WINTER SQUASH
Cucurbita maximat0 - Treatment
- WCe0
- Outcome
- Squash yieldse0
- Value
- 13.4e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Squash yields were 13.4, 11.9, 7.7, and 5.1 t·ha -1 from WC, MW, WP, and SS treatments, respectively”
t0“WINTER SQUASH”
Claim · model-written summary
Municipal compost gave 11.9 t·ha -1 squash yield.
- Taxon
- WINTER SQUASHCucurbita maximat0
- Treatment
- MWe0
- Outcome
- Squash yieldse0
- Value
- 11.9e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Squash yields were 13.4, 11.9, 7.7, and 5.1 t·ha -1 from WC, MW, WP, and SS treatments, respectively”
t0“WINTER SQUASH”
Claim · model-written summary
White polyethylene gave 7.7 t·ha -1 squash yield.
- Taxon
- WINTER SQUASHCucurbita maximat0
- Treatment
- WPe0
- Outcome
- Squash yieldse0
- Value
- 7.7e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Squash yields were 13.4, 11.9, 7.7, and 5.1 t·ha -1 from WC, MW, WP, and SS treatments, respectively”
t0“WINTER SQUASH”
Claim · model-written summary
Sewage sludge gave 5.1 t·ha -1 squash yield.
- Taxon
- WINTER SQUASHCucurbita maximat0
- Treatment
- SSe0
- Outcome
- Squash yieldse0
- Value
- 5.1 t·ha -1e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Squash yields were 13.4, 11.9, 7.7, and 5.1 t·ha -1 from WC, MW, WP, and SS treatments, respectively”
t0“WINTER SQUASH”
Claim · model-written summary
Wood chips and compost significantly outyielded polyethylene and sludge for squash.
- Taxon
- WINTER SQUASHCucurbita maximat0
- Treatment
- WC and MWe0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- WP and SSe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“WC and MW having significantly higher yields than WP and SS”
t0“WINTER SQUASH”
Claim · model-written summary
Squash fruit weight per plant was higher under polyethylene and wood chips.
- Taxon
- WINTER SQUASHCucurbita maximat0
- Treatment
- WP and WCe0
- Outcome
- Fruit weight per plante0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit weight per plant was significantly higher in WP and WC plots”
t0“WINTER SQUASH”
Claim · model-written summary
Polyethylene gave 4.7 t·ha -1 pepper yield.
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“Pepper yields, 4.7, 4.2, 2.9, and 2.6 t·ha -1 on WP, MW, WC, and SS treatments, respectively, were not significantly different”
t0“BELL PEPPER”
Claim · model-written summary
Compost gave 4.2 t·ha -1 pepper yield.
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“Pepper yields, 4.7, 4.2, 2.9, and 2.6 t·ha -1 on WP, MW, WC, and SS treatments, respectively, were not significantly different”
t0“BELL PEPPER”
Claim · model-written summary
Wood chips gave 2.9 t·ha -1 pepper yield.
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“Pepper yields, 4.7, 4.2, 2.9, and 2.6 t·ha -1 on WP, MW, WC, and SS treatments, respectively, were not significantly different”
t0“BELL PEPPER”
Claim · model-written summary
Sludge gave 2.6 t·ha -1 pepper yield.
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“Pepper yields, 4.7, 4.2, 2.9, and 2.6 t·ha -1 on WP, MW, WC, and SS treatments, respectively, were not significantly different”
t0“BELL PEPPER”
Claim · model-written summary
Pepper fruit weight per plant ranked WP above MW above WC and SS.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit weights per plant were significantly different and varied in the order WP>MW>WC=SS”
t0“BELL PEPPER”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic mulch rate did not alter yield in either crop.
- Taxon
- BELL PEPPER AND WINTER SQUASHt0
- Treatment
- rates of organic mulchese0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- No yield differencese0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“No yield differences occurred between rates of organic mulches in either crop”
t0“BELL PEPPER AND WINTER SQUASH”
Claim · model-written summary
Disease in polyethylene plots lowered total yields relative to organic mulch plots.
Verbatim
e0“Diseased plants in WP plots resulted in lower total yields than organic-mulched plots”
t0“BELL PEPPER”
Claim · model-written summary
Individual pepper plants on polyethylene yielded more than others.
Verbatim
e0“individual plants on polyethylene yielded higher than others”
t0“BELL PEPPER”
The same questions in other papers
mulching · yield · Cucurbita maxima (winter squash)Positive and negative results
2 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
mulching · yield · Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper)Positive and negative results
1 paper in the same direction as this paper · 35 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
- positive
33 papers more in this group
See all 37 papers →fertilization · yield · Cucurbita maxima (winter squash)Results agree
1 paper in the same direction as this paper
- positive
Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.